California · Nonprofit
Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link
Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being WAYFARER FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $595k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $75k
- Net assets
- $-1620888
What Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link does
Programs
LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS - Global Academy Foundation continues to focus on the concrete implementation of diverse global leadership and sustainability related projects and programs around the world. This years work included: Program development in Africa, Asia, Europe and The Americas emphasizing the accelerated adoption of regenerative agriculture around the world. Through it's project Future Economy Forum, Global Academy Foundation participated in COP29 hosting various events. Addional activities were undertaken in partnership with Ashola, Sarvodaya and other leadership networks, development of programs in several countries of Africa, Asia Europe and The Americas to empower entrepreneurs and educators. Coaching and leadership development, training of global regeneration leaders in civil society and business to enhance their development as professionals and human beings; helping organizations develop strategies that move them closer to becoming the change (towards overal
$813,309 spentNOW PARTNERS, LLC Global Academy accelerated the development of NOW Partners as a commercial global organization that has the mission to support a rapidly growing number of multinationals, large family companies and systems institutions that want to fully integrate positive impact with economic success. Throughout 2024, NOW Partners ,main client was Messe Munich, one of the largest organizers of trade shows in Germany and with that a conduit to impact whole industries through the organization of numerous events and other consulting work during the trade shows and beyond. NOW Partners had more than 130 partners from all around the world. NOW Partners is a Statutory Benefit LLC 100% owned by Global Academy Foundation. For details please visit www.now.partners.
$322,667 spentDEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL PLATFORMS -Development of online learning and educational online platforms; continued implementation and expansion of our communication strategy, including the development of online learning and educational programs that also support the initiatives mentioned under 1 and 2 above.
$32,944 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $140k to $506k (+261%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Walter Link
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link has grown faster than half of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link?
- Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being WAYFARER FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $75,000 in grants to Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link.
- Who is the largest funder of Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link?
- WAYFARER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Global Academy Foundation % Walter Link find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing